Granting someone entrance into my life was so refreshing. Step 5 is the first step that directly involves another person. This is so important because I am becoming more accountable in a tangible sense. My active addiction was brought on and deepened by my lack of accountability. The first four steps do not require accountability the way step five does.
One of the most remarkable things about recovery is personal power. One of our primary missions in life is to find, discover and elevate our own personal power.
Without Step Four, the likelihood of one being happy, joyous, and free is greatly diminished. You may stay substance or behavior free, but true sobriety will elude you.
Baked into the cake of what we do is what we shall receive.
Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you – until then.
Most people who are without hope will not admit how hopeless they are. When you are in a hole and you want to get out the first rule is to stop digging.
Every step has its own premise and importance within the 12 Steps. There is a particular independence each step brings. Having said that, what makes each step powerful is its connection to the other steps.
The state or fact of being restored. It is a return of something to a former, original, normal, or unimpaired condition.
we can all use the steps as a means of taking control back the control of our lives. Having said that, I want you to understand that if there is any step you do as close to perfection as possible, it is step one.
We are amid a miracle. We are a people, who without intervention of a supernatural or spiritual nature, would be dead. Never underestimate how fortunate we are to consider ourselves in recovery and or recovered.
Without the 12 steps of recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous – and any other 12 step group – is merely a fellowship. A fellowship can be why you are motivated to do something but it is not what we do.
If you do not make a list every day consider starting one today. It will change the way you feel about yourself, others around you, and even the personal situation you are in right now.